Re: Adding new language/locale to system via a graphical interface

[Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org>]

On തി, ജനു 3 2022 at 12:09:10 രാവിലെ +0200 +0200, 
Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 02:59:26AM +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote:
> >  Hi,
> >
> >  I'm looking for a way to add a new locale/language to system from 
> > gnome
> >  (think about gnome on mobile like Purism Librem 5 or Pine Phone). I 
> > can do
> >  that from a terminal by running dpkg-reconfigure locales but want 
> > to provide
> >  an easier option to users. Is there a way to force gtk interface of 
> > debconf
> >  and launch it from graphical interface? In Ubuntu, there is 
> > separate add
> >  language tool which can add new languages.
>
> The debconf(7) manual page suggests that setting DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gnome
> after installing the libgtk3-perl package ought to work, and it seems 
> to
> work for me:
>
>   sudo env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gnome dpkg-reconfigure locales
>
> ...brings up a GTK+ interface.

Thanks! I need to run xhost + to be able to launch this. Is there 
another way to lauch this graphically without having to run xhost +. 
May be something using policykit?

I remember there used to be a gksu or gksudo but can't find this now

apt-file find bin/gksu
apt-file find bin/gksudo

pkexec env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gnome /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure locales
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

(dpkg-reconfigure:159177): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:28:06.343: cannot open 
display:
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Gnome
debconf: (DISPLAY problem?)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog


> G'luck,
> Peter
>
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